DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 06/26 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 68.7 - - 70.3 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 171 - - 89 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1836 - - 1958 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1783 - - 1541 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2725 - - 2847 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 949 - - 1755 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 288 - - 243 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 9 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 092 - - 075 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -4 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -897 - - -1655 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3622 - - 4502 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6598 - - -6365 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9323 - - 9212 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 92 - - 92 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 68.7 - - 70.3 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 56.0 - - 53.9 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 67.8 - - 69.7 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 54.7 - - 52.6 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 171 - - 89 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1836 - - 1958 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 67 - - 68 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 8 - - - EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 99227 31 102 20 092 99227 91719 25 089 19 102 91719 85932 24 087 20 110 85932 81128 19 107 18 101 81128 76988 18 099 16 105 76988 73326 10 088 13 095 73326 70012 7 082 6 079 70012 66973 3 088 2 256 66973 64165 6 293 4 229 64165 61448 11 284 3 322 61448 58607 20 283 16 313 58607 55671 33 264 39 274 55671 52893 34 267 46 261 52893 50390 33 275 40 273 50390 48150 59 280 61 277 48150 46131 67 275 72 272 46131 44285 77 273 69 270 44285 42585 86 270 69 272 42585 41012 91 267 71 271 41012 39543 90 266 73 269 39543 38162 87 264 71 266 38162 36826 82 258 70 265 36826 35465 73 256 66 264 35465 34051 68 260 59 262 34051 32583 64 257 51 265 32583 31048 65 254 46 270 31048 29429 66 256 45 272 29429 27729 61 258 46 268 27729 25944 54 257 44 265 25944 24078 52 262 40 261 24078 22135 49 272 42 271 22135 20116 36 273 32 283 20116 18018 26 268 25 267 18018 15883 24 261 22 275 15883 13829 21 260 16 278 13829 11968 16 266 9 284 11968 10318 13 269 5 257 10318 8857 8 282 9 141 8857 7562 2 045 16 134 7562 6413 8 117 14 125 6413 5398 9 142 11 104 5398 4504 9 139 10 090 4504 3716 12 118 10 087 3716 3013 14*099 10*081 3013 2391 13*094 10*078 2391 1873 13 092 10 076 1873 1474 13 092 9 075 1474 1200 12 091 9 074 1200 1033 11 091 8 074 1033 938 9 091 7 073 938 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography